REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MEDAN - A moderate quake measuring 5 on the Richter scale hit South Nias district, North Sumatra, on Saturday at 10.10 West Indonesian Time (WIB), spokesman to the local Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Hendra Suwarta, said.

The quake was centered 124 kilometers southeast of South Nias at a depth of 10 kilometers. There have been no reports of damage so far. The quake has no potential to trigger a tsunami either, according to him.

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